bigmamafagin

Any exercise that you work a muscle is good. Just be careful to avoid injuries.

I love the show and considered joining until I found this website. Sometimes I wish I could quit my job and move to a ranch and do nothing but workout for weeks at a time and lose weight. Real world temptations and challenges are so much harder than anything I've seen on that show. This website allows me to do my own thing…

I think it can be both. I have a weight range that I am aiming for but the weight I will attempt to maintain will depend on how my body looks and how I feel. Being african-american I want to keep that curvaceous look without the extra plump around the middle. I don't follow what is considered the "healthy weight range"…

I bought a MIO watch, its like a heart rate monitor but without the chest strap. I put in all my personal information in and it gives me a readout of calories burned during my workout. I use The Firm series (cardio and weight training combined) and burn about 750-800 a workout. I got the watch from Wal-mart for about $40.…

Diet pills are a crock!! I actually lost 40lbs with diet pills and as soon as I stopped taking them I gained the weight back. When I tried taking them again I became so hyper it felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I couldn't sleep, but I couldn't exercise either I couldn't take the extra stimulus. Just…

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm new to the diet and exercise scene and truly feel like a duck out of water.:wink:

Are you supposed to eat before or after you exercise? How long before or after should you wait? Anybody have a clue?:huh: